Donald Trump has called his indictment 'political persecution' in a statement published on Thursday.
Earlier, a Manhattan jury voted to indict the former US president, but the exact charges are not yet publicly known.
The indictment relates to alleged hush-money payments made to adult movie star Stormy Daniels during the 2016 presidential election, and how these were recorded.
Daniels claims to have had an affair with Trump - which he denies.
Sally Patterson reports from New York.
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